Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-08-24
Fine Play by Beekman and Fearing
Thaeher Wins After a Hot Contest.


NEWPORT, Aug. 25.-The day opened
cloudy and threatening rain, but though the
clouds did not lift the rain held off and the
play was begun in the national lawn tennis
tournament at the Casino. The first match
of the morning in the preliminary round was
between Beekman and Fielding and though
giving good exhibition of play was Beekman's
match from the start and that, too, without
calling out his full skill aud strength. Beck
man played with ease and evidently reserving
his strength for future matches. Fielding, on
the other hand, was obliged to play hard and
use all his skill against his antago nist. Both
played well and the match at
tracted the most attention of any
of the morning. The score: Beekman
beats Fielding, 81, 6-3, 60. Another match of
great interest in the preliminary round WAS
was also largely one sided. Taylor having
advantage from the start. The score: H. A
Taylor beats Campbell 9 1, Ga, rs. The
next match in the preliminary round was be-
tween Fearing and Lewis. Fearing is a New
port player, and makes his first appearance
in the tournament to-day, while Lewis is a
player of several years standing. Fearing
developed wanderful power, and won the
match, to the surprise of even his friends
The first set was not eyentful, Fearing win
ming 63. In the second set Lewis
took the first four games, when Fearing
braced himself and won the next six
straight, thus taking the set. The third set
went to Fearing, love, thus making twelve
straight games won by him in two successive
sets, most excellent record. The score:
match was Garrett VS.. Manchester, which was
won easily by the former in three straight
sets. Score: Garrett beats Manchester go,
60, 60. In the preliminary round Wright
defaults to Shaw and Weeden to Bowers.
Emmons met Barnes also in the preliminary
winning but one game each in the first
and third sets, and Emmons taking the
match in three straight sets. Score:
Emmons beats Barnes 81, 60, 81.
Clark was matched against Shaw, which
gave the prettiest play of the morning. Both
straight sets, but Shaw played a strong game
and brought two of them to deuce. The
first was deuce set and won by Clark SO.
The second was won more easily by Clark,
Shaw taking only three games The last
was also deuce and won by Clark by the
same scores the first, S6, 6-3, 8 6. The
other match of the first round was
played between P. S. Sears and War;
rem which was easily won by Sears in
three straight sets and one of them love.
Score: P S. Sears beats Warren 6-3, go, 60.
The last match in preliminary round was be-
tween Cushman and Thatcher and was the
longest and most holly contested of the morn
ing, four sets being required to decide it.
Score: Thatcher beats Cushman 1910, 81,
6-3, 81.
Only one match was played in the tourna~
ment this afternoon. The weather was
threatening and a heavy fog prevailed, the
attendance being small. The match was
between Fearing and Garrett. Fearing is a
Newport player and Garrett is an English
man representing Oxford. Fearing was not
believed to have any show against Garrett,
but he proved not only a match for but su-
perior to the English player. The first set
was quite even, each winning games alter
nately until they were rolled up to
deuce, when Fearing forged ahead and
won the set, 81. In the second set
| Fearing played with less force and
| lost the set by score of AS. Garrett then
began to show signs of weakness while fear
| ing improved in play of anything and won
the next two sets easily, Garrett taking but
| three games in both sets. Score: Fearing
| beats Garrett 81, 46, 90, 81. Fearing
| will now have to face either Slocum or Beck
| man in the second round, which is an excel
| lent record for new player in his first tour
| nament The Slocum-Beekman match will
| be the event of tomorrow.